Jbo2231
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My new air compressor finally arrived today and I thought it would be a great idea to try and install it in 30 degree heat .
Delivery driver was actually a pretty helpful guy and delivered round the back of the house. I'm not sure he was in such a good mood when he realised it is accessed down around a quarter mile of single lane track. Which he had to reverse down.. 20 minutes later and it was on the drive.
The next battle was to get it in to the workshop which involved an improvised MDF ramp, an engine crane and two wheel dollies. Oh and a bunch of hopes and wishes as gravity powered it down the dodgy ramp.
Luckily it didnt hit anything and I had the foresight to ratchet strap the dollies to the pallet so they wouldn't bounce around.
That got me to this stage and I then remembered to take a photo:
Next job was to somehow get it in to the box I had built for it. You can see the box behind the compressor in the photo. I built the box about a month ago and you can see some photos here:
Door off, roof off and engine craned it in. Sorry, forgot the photos again!
Next up was to drill the 150mm holes for the ducting to attach to and to seal them up. Hardest part was lining them up with the fans on the compressor but I'm happy with the result. (Will get a better photo next time I'm working on it)
Next job was to wire it all up and actually see if it turns on, which it did! (Probably should of been the first thing I did) 0 to 150psi in around 3.5 minutes with a 270L tank.
I then spent a bunch of time faffing with air attachments and taping them all up.
That's as far as I got today. With the heat and having to disassemble the box I had built previously, I really didnt get very far. I'm a skinny chap and double layered 18mm MDF is pretty heavy for me. The box is made out of 8 x 1.2m by 2.4m. I think the total weight of the box is around 230kg, with the compressor its approaching 400kg+ so needless to say I was very slow and very careful when moving it about.
Will take some more photos when I next get out there to finish it off. Got to drill the two holes for the vents in the doors so they line up with the other vents, keep the air moving over the cylinders. Just hope it isnt too restrictive and that it works! Can always make the holes bigger for bigger ducting!
Lots of ducting to sort and the extractor and thermometer to install. Also want to install an additional 100L tank but I am thinking that will be a future project.. maybe involving some copper pipe and an effort to cool the air a little.
Time for a beer and to watch you lot point stuff out (input very much welcome) I am sure I have missed something in the design .
Delivery driver was actually a pretty helpful guy and delivered round the back of the house. I'm not sure he was in such a good mood when he realised it is accessed down around a quarter mile of single lane track. Which he had to reverse down.. 20 minutes later and it was on the drive.
The next battle was to get it in to the workshop which involved an improvised MDF ramp, an engine crane and two wheel dollies. Oh and a bunch of hopes and wishes as gravity powered it down the dodgy ramp.
Luckily it didnt hit anything and I had the foresight to ratchet strap the dollies to the pallet so they wouldn't bounce around.
That got me to this stage and I then remembered to take a photo:
Next job was to somehow get it in to the box I had built for it. You can see the box behind the compressor in the photo. I built the box about a month ago and you can see some photos here:
Door off, roof off and engine craned it in. Sorry, forgot the photos again!
Next up was to drill the 150mm holes for the ducting to attach to and to seal them up. Hardest part was lining them up with the fans on the compressor but I'm happy with the result. (Will get a better photo next time I'm working on it)
Next job was to wire it all up and actually see if it turns on, which it did! (Probably should of been the first thing I did) 0 to 150psi in around 3.5 minutes with a 270L tank.
I then spent a bunch of time faffing with air attachments and taping them all up.
That's as far as I got today. With the heat and having to disassemble the box I had built previously, I really didnt get very far. I'm a skinny chap and double layered 18mm MDF is pretty heavy for me. The box is made out of 8 x 1.2m by 2.4m. I think the total weight of the box is around 230kg, with the compressor its approaching 400kg+ so needless to say I was very slow and very careful when moving it about.
Will take some more photos when I next get out there to finish it off. Got to drill the two holes for the vents in the doors so they line up with the other vents, keep the air moving over the cylinders. Just hope it isnt too restrictive and that it works! Can always make the holes bigger for bigger ducting!
Lots of ducting to sort and the extractor and thermometer to install. Also want to install an additional 100L tank but I am thinking that will be a future project.. maybe involving some copper pipe and an effort to cool the air a little.
Time for a beer and to watch you lot point stuff out (input very much welcome) I am sure I have missed something in the design .